Published on April 18, 2017
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency discussed the progress of her mission on the orbital laboratory during an in-flight news conference Dec. 12 with Italian media gathered at the Italian Space Agency’s headquartersin Rome. Cristoforetti arrived on the station Nov. 24 for five and a half months of scientific research and maintenance activity.